Democracy in Iran
By: Ramin Jahanbegloo, Associated Professor, University of Toronto
Series: Palgrave pivot; Palgrave pivot
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, United Kingdom; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
ISBN-13: 9781137330161; 9781137330185; 9781137330178
Subjects: Nonviolence; Democracy; Civil society; Islam and state; History; Politics and government; Politics and Government
Description: Democratic government is something that has eluded Iran despite a series of non-violent revolutions aimed at establishing a system of governance that would promote both public freedom and political accountability. This title explores the obstacles to the growth of democracy in Iran and posits a plan for non-violent action to help Iranians achieve it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-106) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1: Iran: The anguished odysses of democracy. Iran: A Century of Undemocratic Violence ; Iranian Encounters with Democracy ; Democracy and Lawfulness in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution ; The Road to Authoritarian Violence: From the Coup of 1953 to the Revolution of 1979 ; The Two Sovereignties and Islamist Violence in Iran.; title: Part 2: Democratic nonviolence: The new imperative. Struggle for democracy in Iran.